{"id":49305,"date":"2024-11-26T09:15:17","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T08:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/que-somos\/nuestra-historia\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T08:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T06:32:12","slug":"our-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/en\/what-we-are\/our-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Our history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling full-width\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:20px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-padding-left-medium:35px;--awb-padding-right-small:30px;--awb-padding-left-small:30px;--awb-background-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-right:100px;--awb-padding-right-small:30px;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:0%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><nav class=\"fusion-breadcrumbs awb-yoast-breadcrumbs fusion-breadcrumbs-1 breadcrumbs\" style=\"--awb-breadcrumb-sep:&#039;\/&#039;;\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\"><ol class=\"awb-breadcrumb-list\"><li class=\"fusion-breadcrumb-item awb-breadcrumb-sep awb-home\" ><a href=\"http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/en\/\" class=\"fusion-breadcrumb-link\"><span >Home<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/nav><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1 cabecera-titulo cabecera-titulo-somos\" style=\"--awb-font-size:22px;--awb-line-height:42px;--awb-letter-spacing:var(--awb-typography4-letter-spacing);--awb-text-transform:var(--awb-typography4-text-transform);--awb-margin-top:10px;--awb-text-font-family:&quot;AvenirLTStd-Heavy&quot;;--awb-text-font-style:normal;--awb-text-font-weight:400;\"><h1>Our history<\/h1>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2 cabecera-subt\u00edtulo\" style=\"--awb-font-size:20px;--awb-line-height:30px;--awb-letter-spacing:var(--awb-typography4-letter-spacing);--awb-text-transform:var(--awb-typography4-text-transform);--awb-margin-top:-10px;--awb-text-font-family:var(--awb-typography4-font-family);--awb-text-font-weight:var(--awb-typography4-font-weight);--awb-text-font-style:var(--awb-typography4-font-style);\"><p><strong>Almost 120 years transforming and preserving our essence.<\/strong><br \/>\nBBK was founded as a Savings Bank in Bilbao 117 years ago and continues to drive the development and well-being of Bizkaia. Through its social project work and investment in business projects, it seeks to generate value and improve the lives of local inhabitants of the territory.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-section-separator section-separator custom fusion-section-separator-1\" style=\"--awb-svg-margin-left:1.92%;--awb-svg-margin-right:1.92%;--awb-svg-margin-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-svg-margin-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-svg-margin-left-small:1.92%;--awb-svg-margin-right-small:1.92%;--awb-divider-height:50px;--awb-spacer-height:50px;--awb-spacer-padding-top:inherit;--awb-divider-height-small:30px;--awb-spacer-height-small:30px;\"><div class=\"fusion-section-separator-svg\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-section-separator-spacer\"><div class=\"fusion-section-separator-spacer-height\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling fusion-no-small-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none timeline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"3\" title=\"Line-history\" src=\"http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history-300x3.png\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-57833\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history-200x2.png 200w, http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history-400x4.png 400w, http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history-600x6.png 600w, http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history-800x8.png 800w, http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history-1200x11.png 1200w, http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history.png 1270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-4 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-margin-top:-60px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-left-small:0px;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-small:30px;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-no-large-visibility\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none timeline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"3\" title=\"Line-history\" src=\"http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history-300x3.png\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-57833\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history-200x2.png 200w, http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history-400x4.png 400w, http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history-600x6.png 600w, http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history-800x8.png 800w, http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history-1200x11.png 1200w, http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history.png 1270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/span><\/div>    <div class=\"timeline-item\">\n        <!-- C\u00edrculo clicable -->\n        <span class=\"icon-punto\" onclick=\"highlightItem(this)\"><\/span>\n\n        <!-- A\u00f1o (En fusion-text) -->\n        <div class=\"fusion-text history-year\" onclick=\"highlightItem(this)\">\n            <h3>1907<\/h3>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <!-- T\u00edtulo (En fusion-text) -->\n        <div class=\"fusion-text history-title\" onclick=\"highlightItem(this)\">\n            <h3>Caja de Ahorros Municipal de Bilbao<\/h3>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-3 hover-type-none historia-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"272\" alt=\"Caja de ahorros municipal de Bilbao\" title=\"Caja de ahorros municipal de Bilbao\" src=\"http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Caja-de-ahorros-municipal-de-Bilbao.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-50019\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Caja-de-ahorros-municipal-de-Bilbao-200x136.jpg 200w, http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Caja-de-ahorros-municipal-de-Bilbao.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3 history-content-title\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:justify;--awb-font-size:18px;--awb-line-height:32px;--awb-letter-spacing:var(--awb-typography4-letter-spacing);--awb-text-transform:var(--awb-typography4-text-transform);--awb-text-color:#212121;--awb-text-font-family:var(--awb-typography4-font-family);--awb-text-font-weight:var(--awb-typography4-font-weight);--awb-text-font-style:var(--awb-typography4-font-style);\"><h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Birth of the Bilbao Municipal Savings Bank<\/h3>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4 history-content\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:left;--awb-font-size:16px;--awb-line-height:26px;--awb-letter-spacing:var(--awb-typography4-letter-spacing);--awb-text-transform:var(--awb-typography4-text-transform);--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_6);--awb-text-font-family:var(--awb-typography4-font-family);--awb-text-font-weight:var(--awb-typography4-font-weight);--awb-text-font-style:var(--awb-typography4-font-style);\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\">At that time, Savings Banks were non-profit institutions which promoted saving and provided basic financial services to the working classes, until then excluded from the banking system.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-small:30px;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-no-large-visibility\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-4 hover-type-none timeline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"3\" title=\"Line-history\" src=\"http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history-300x3.png\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-57833\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history-200x2.png 200w, http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history-400x4.png 400w, http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history-600x6.png 600w, http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history-800x8.png 800w, http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history-1200x11.png 1200w, http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history.png 1270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/span><\/div>    <div class=\"timeline-item\">\n        <!-- C\u00edrculo clicable -->\n        <span class=\"icon-punto\" onclick=\"highlightItem(this)\"><\/span>\n\n        <!-- A\u00f1o (En fusion-text) -->\n        <div class=\"fusion-text history-year\" onclick=\"highlightItem(this)\">\n            <h3>1920<\/h3>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <!-- T\u00edtulo (En fusion-text) -->\n        <div class=\"fusion-text history-title\" onclick=\"highlightItem(this)\">\n            <h3>Caja de Ahorros Vizcaina<\/h3>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-margin-top:30px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-5 hover-type-none historia-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"289\" height=\"198\" title=\"Img\" src=\"http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Img.png\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-44918\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Img-200x137.png 200w, http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Img.png 289w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 289px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5 history-content-title\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:center;--awb-font-size:18px;--awb-line-height:32px;--awb-letter-spacing:var(--awb-typography4-letter-spacing);--awb-text-transform:var(--awb-typography4-text-transform);--awb-text-color:#212121;--awb-text-font-family:var(--awb-typography4-font-family);--awb-text-font-weight:var(--awb-typography4-font-weight);--awb-text-font-style:var(--awb-typography4-font-style);\"><h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Caja de Ahorros Vizcaina is established.<\/h3>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6 history-content\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:center;--awb-font-size:16px;--awb-line-height:26px;--awb-letter-spacing:var(--awb-typography4-letter-spacing);--awb-text-transform:var(--awb-typography4-text-transform);--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_6);--awb-text-font-family:var(--awb-typography4-font-family);--awb-text-font-weight:var(--awb-typography4-font-weight);--awb-text-font-style:var(--awb-typography4-font-style);\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\">The initial aim of the Caja de Ahorro Vizca\u00edna was to respond to the establishment of old-age insurance in 1920. In addition, the Savings Bank also served as a financing element for the Provincial Council, which, as a promoter and founder, used its capital to expand its own charity policy.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:left;--awb-margin-top:-20px;--awb-margin-left:-20px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-6 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"252\" height=\"107\" title=\"logo-bizkaina\" src=\"http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/logo-bizkaina.png\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-57829\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/logo-bizkaina-200x85.png 200w, http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/logo-bizkaina.png 252w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-5 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-small:30px;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-no-large-visibility\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-7 hover-type-none timeline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"3\" title=\"Line-history\" src=\"http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history-300x3.png\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-57833\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history-200x2.png 200w, http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history-400x4.png 400w, http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history-600x6.png 600w, http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history-800x8.png 800w, http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history-1200x11.png 1200w, http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history.png 1270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/span><\/div>    <div class=\"timeline-item\">\n        <!-- C\u00edrculo clicable -->\n        <span class=\"icon-punto\" onclick=\"highlightItem(this)\"><\/span>\n\n        <!-- A\u00f1o (En fusion-text) -->\n        <div class=\"fusion-text history-year\" onclick=\"highlightItem(this)\">\n            <h3>1990<\/h3>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <!-- T\u00edtulo (En fusion-text) -->\n        <div class=\"fusion-text history-title\" onclick=\"highlightItem(this)\">\n            <h3>BBK Bilbao Bizkaia Kutxa<\/h3>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-margin-top:30px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-8 hover-type-none historia-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"289\" height=\"198\" alt=\"bbk\" title=\"bbk\" src=\"http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bbk.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-48473\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bbk-200x137.jpg 200w, http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bbk.jpg 289w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 289px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7 history-content-title\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:center;--awb-font-size:18px;--awb-line-height:32px;--awb-letter-spacing:var(--awb-typography4-letter-spacing);--awb-text-transform:var(--awb-typography4-text-transform);--awb-text-color:#212121;--awb-text-font-family:var(--awb-typography4-font-family);--awb-text-font-weight:var(--awb-typography4-font-weight);--awb-text-font-style:var(--awb-typography4-font-style);\"><h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">BBK is formed from the merger of both savings banks.<\/h3>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8 history-content\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:center;--awb-font-size:16px;--awb-line-height:26px;--awb-letter-spacing:var(--awb-typography4-letter-spacing);--awb-text-transform:var(--awb-typography4-text-transform);--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_6);--awb-text-font-family:var(--awb-typography4-font-family);--awb-text-font-weight:var(--awb-typography4-font-weight);--awb-text-font-style:var(--awb-typography4-font-style);\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\">One of the most recognized facets of BBK from the beginning was its Social Work. From the economic point of view, it has been characterized by prudent and serious business management. It financially boosted rural areas or disadvantaged social groups and promoted the creation of infrastructures essential for the development of the territory.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-5 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling fusion-no-small-visibility fusion-no-medium-visibility\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-6 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-9 hover-type-none timeline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"3\" title=\"Line-history\" src=\"http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history-300x3.png\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-57833\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history-200x2.png 200w, http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history-400x4.png 400w, http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history-600x6.png 600w, http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history-800x8.png 800w, http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history-1200x11.png 1200w, http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history.png 1270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-6 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-margin-top:-60px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-7 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-padding-top-medium:50px;--awb-padding-left-small:0px;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-small:30px;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-no-large-visibility\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-10 hover-type-none timeline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"3\" title=\"Line-history\" src=\"http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history-300x3.png\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-57833\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history-200x2.png 200w, http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history-400x4.png 400w, http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history-600x6.png 600w, http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history-800x8.png 800w, http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history-1200x11.png 1200w, http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history.png 1270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/span><\/div>    <div class=\"timeline-item\">\n        <!-- C\u00edrculo clicable -->\n        <span class=\"icon-punto\" onclick=\"highlightItem(this)\"><\/span>\n\n        <!-- A\u00f1o (En fusion-text) -->\n        <div class=\"fusion-text history-year\" onclick=\"highlightItem(this)\">\n            <h3>2012<\/h3>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <!-- T\u00edtulo (En fusion-text) -->\n        <div class=\"fusion-text history-title\" onclick=\"highlightItem(this)\">\n            <h3>Kutxabank<\/h3>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-11 hover-type-none historia-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"289\" height=\"198\" alt=\"Kutxabank \" title=\"Kutxabank (1)\" src=\"http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Kutxabank-1.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-48469\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Kutxabank-1-200x137.jpg 200w, http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Kutxabank-1.jpg 289w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 289px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9 history-content-title\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:justify;--awb-font-size:18px;--awb-line-height:32px;--awb-letter-spacing:var(--awb-typography4-letter-spacing);--awb-text-transform:var(--awb-typography4-text-transform);--awb-text-color:#212121;--awb-text-font-family:var(--awb-typography4-font-family);--awb-text-font-weight:var(--awb-typography4-font-weight);--awb-text-font-style:var(--awb-typography4-font-style);\"><h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">BBK joins Caja Vital and Kutxa and Kutxabank is born.<\/h3>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-10 history-content\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:left;--awb-font-size:16px;--awb-line-height:26px;--awb-letter-spacing:var(--awb-typography4-letter-spacing);--awb-text-transform:var(--awb-typography4-text-transform);--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_6);--awb-text-font-family:var(--awb-typography4-font-family);--awb-text-font-weight:var(--awb-typography4-font-weight);--awb-text-font-style:var(--awb-typography4-font-style);\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\">BBK transferred all its banking activities and industrial holdings to the new Kutxabank entity, obtaining in return the corresponding percentage share in the new entity, 57%.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-8 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-small:30px;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-no-large-visibility\" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-12 hover-type-none timeline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"3\" title=\"Line-history\" src=\"http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history-300x3.png\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-57833\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history-200x2.png 200w, http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history-400x4.png 400w, http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history-600x6.png 600w, http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history-800x8.png 800w, http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history-1200x11.png 1200w, http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Line-history.png 1270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/span><\/div>    <div class=\"timeline-item highlighted\">\n        <!-- C\u00edrculo clicable -->\n        <span class=\"icon-punto\" onclick=\"highlightItem(this)\"><\/span>\n\n        <!-- A\u00f1o (En fusion-text) -->\n        <div class=\"fusion-text history-year\" onclick=\"highlightItem(this)\">\n            <h3>2014<\/h3>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <!-- T\u00edtulo (En fusion-text) -->\n        <div class=\"fusion-text history-title\" onclick=\"highlightItem(this)\">\n            <h3>Fundaci\u00f3n Bancaria BBK <\/h3>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-13 hover-type-none historia-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"289\" height=\"198\" alt=\"Fundacion bancaria\" title=\"Fundacion bancaria\" src=\"http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Fundacion-bancaria.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-48462\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Fundacion-bancaria-200x137.jpg 200w, http:\/\/bbk-bbkeus-dev-781687585.eu-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Fundacion-bancaria.jpg 289w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 289px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-11 history-content-title\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:center;--awb-font-size:18px;--awb-line-height:32px;--awb-letter-spacing:var(--awb-typography4-letter-spacing);--awb-text-transform:var(--awb-typography4-text-transform);--awb-text-color:#212121;--awb-text-font-family:var(--awb-typography4-font-family);--awb-text-font-weight:var(--awb-typography4-font-weight);--awb-text-font-style:var(--awb-typography4-font-style);\"><h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">The BBK General Assembly approves the transformation into a banking foundation.<\/h3>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-12 history-content\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:center;--awb-font-size:16px;--awb-line-height:26px;--awb-letter-spacing:var(--awb-typography4-letter-spacing);--awb-text-transform:var(--awb-typography4-text-transform);--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_6);--awb-text-font-family:var(--awb-typography4-font-family);--awb-text-font-weight:var(--awb-typography4-font-weight);--awb-text-font-style:var(--awb-typography4-font-style);\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\">In 2014, faced with the possibility of divestment (going public or through asset sale) or retaining control of Kutxabank, BBK made a strategic decision: to retain control of Kutxabank which, as required by law, meant the creation of a reserve fund to ensure its independence, local roots and long-term sustainability. This decision also provided the bank with the necessary stability to continue to grow and improve its ratios.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-9 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-small:30px;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element fusion-no-large-visibility\" 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<h3>2025<\/h3>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <!-- T\u00edtulo (En fusion-text) -->\n        <div class=\"fusion-text history-title\" onclick=\"highlightItem(this)\">\n            <h3>10th Anniversary <\/h3>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-15 hover-type-none historia-img\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"289\" height=\"198\" alt=\"10 aniversario\" title=\"10 aniversario\" 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